- Joined
- Nov 20, 2007
- Messages
- 61
If you're familiar with the Trail of Painted Ponies sculptures then you will probably recognize this piece. It is based on Comanche artist Rance Hood's War Pony, which was originally sculpted in full life-size glory, but was later released in a smaller scale for the Trail series.
I loved this sculpture from the moment that I first saw it (a local museum houses the original life-size pony), and I couldn't help but think how striking it would look as a My Little Pony custom. ^_^
I tried very hard to make my cute, miniaturized version of Hood's pony look as close to the original as possible. Unfortunately the photos that I had as reference weren't large enough for me to mimic every detail exactly. In addition, Hood himself changes the pony from sculpture to sculpture, so I don't feel so bad about the minor variations that appear in my version.
Comanche War Pony's shield, banner, and saddle notches were sculpted with Sculpey (this was my first attempt at sculpting). The feathers on the Pony are real, and were attached to toothpicks to create the arrows that are tucked behind his shield. His saddle was made from faux craft fur, and was trimmed to appear short and co**** (<--this is not a bad word, I promise) like bison fur. A ribbon of real leather cording is bound about his tail.
He was made from a Fluttershy and was given a full-body repaint. He was rehaired with Hematite from Dollyhair.com.
Here is Rance Hood's original War Pony:
I loved this sculpture from the moment that I first saw it (a local museum houses the original life-size pony), and I couldn't help but think how striking it would look as a My Little Pony custom. ^_^
I tried very hard to make my cute, miniaturized version of Hood's pony look as close to the original as possible. Unfortunately the photos that I had as reference weren't large enough for me to mimic every detail exactly. In addition, Hood himself changes the pony from sculpture to sculpture, so I don't feel so bad about the minor variations that appear in my version.
Comanche War Pony's shield, banner, and saddle notches were sculpted with Sculpey (this was my first attempt at sculpting). The feathers on the Pony are real, and were attached to toothpicks to create the arrows that are tucked behind his shield. His saddle was made from faux craft fur, and was trimmed to appear short and co**** (<--this is not a bad word, I promise) like bison fur. A ribbon of real leather cording is bound about his tail.
He was made from a Fluttershy and was given a full-body repaint. He was rehaired with Hematite from Dollyhair.com.
Here is Rance Hood's original War Pony:
Last edited: